User blog comment:Richard of the Flame/Pirates of Doom/@comment-2006360-20100422195952

I send message to Cap'n Richard:

Dear Captain Richard Flame of the vessel Sea Blade,

This document is to inform you that the Mustelid Armies, armed to the teeth and crowding a hundred vessels, are preparing to hunt you down even as you read this. Also, the great Emperor of the Empire of Mustelidia has written a petition for you to surrender arms and sail to the imperial port of Abydos, where you shall do penance as the Emperor sees fit, and after it is done, you shall be named a Captain of a vessel in the Mustelid Armies, providing that the Sea Blade is surrendered to the custody of my good self. It shall do fine service in the imperial Armies. I would also like to let you know that if you do accept this petition, you shall be paid 25,000 pieces of eight for your service in our Armies each time you arrive at the port of Abydos, also confirming that you must pay a tribute of thirty per cent of all treasures you have taken. If this petition is not accepted, you shall be hunted down mercilessly, and you shall either be killed in battle or imprisoned to await the Emperor of Mustelidia's punishment, what punishment you shall receive is what the good Emperor sees fit. Now I bid farewell in this document, and be informed that you have ten days to answer to me.

With all due respect, Commander Sir Thornclaw Fernando Braveheart, Knight of the Honorable Order of the Mustelid Garter and Supreme Commander of all the Forces of the Empire of Mustelidia.

And also, Emperor Horus Erminea, Emperor of the Stoats, Weasels, Ferrets, Pine Martens, Sables, Otters, Badgers, and Polecats